Simple Mail Transfer Protocol :-)

I Need Help
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Since Blocs mail form (php) is not working, I tried to follow the @Jerry and others to set up smtp.

host, (what do I put in this area?)

Username:| @.com|

Password: email account’s password.

Incoming Server: mail.domain.com (I am thinking this is the Host mentioned in the Blocs setup)

Which Port incoming or outgoing in the Blocs settings?

  • Incoming Port: 995

  • Outgoing SMTP Port: 465| (Blocs does not allow this in the settings)

Secure SSL/TLS Settings (Blocs does not allow this in the settings, even though the Host says it is required) Not sure what do here.

2

Incoming is not relevant for form sending email.
For sending with the builtin, I believe you need either port 587, 2525 or 25, as encryption is set to/hardcoded to STARTTLS. For 465, you’d need to change the script to use SMTPS (unless newer Blocs automates this).
It’s a question of what your email provider supports, and about what your webhost allows on outbound firewall.

4

Thanks for getting back to me. They use 465 for outgoing.
host, (what do I put in this area? )

5

465 uses legacy SSL, so I think you need to modify the phpmailer script to use SMTPS.
(Someone correct me if I’m wrong.)

Host: The hostname of your SMTP server …